ResolvedDetails - Agency Information Management System Page 1 of 1 AIMS Agency Information Management System Announcement: If you create a duplicate interaction, please contact Gwen Cannon-Jenkins to have it deleted Resolved Interactions Details Reopen Interaction Resolution Details Title: Interaction Resolved:11/30/2016 34 press calls Resolution Category:Resolved Interaction #: 10260 Response: Like everyone else, we were excited this morning to read Status: Resolved the President-elect’s twitter feed indicating that he wants to be free of conflicts of interest. OGE applauds that goal, which is consistent with an opinion OGE issued in 1983. Customer Information Divestiture resolves conflicts of interest in a way that transferring control does not. We don’t know the details of Source: Press Position: their plan, but we are willing and eager to help them with it. The tweets that OGE posted today were responding only First Name: James Email: (b)(6) ' to the public statement that the President-elect made on Last Name: Lipton Phone: his Twitter feed about his plans regarding conflicts of Title: Reporter - NYT Other Notes: This contact is a stand-in interest. OGE’s tweets were not based on any information contact for the 34 separate news about the President-elect’s plans beyond what was shared organizations who contacted us and who on his Twitter feed. OGE is non-partisan and does not received our statement on the issue. endorse any individual. https://twitter.com/OfficeGovEthics Complexity( Amount Of Time Spent On Interaction:More than 8 Interaction Details hours Initiated: 11/30/2016 Individuals Credited:Leigh Francis, Seth Jaffe Call Origination: Phone Add To Agency Profile: No Assigned: Seth Jaffe Memorialize Content: No Watching: Do Not Destroy: No Questions We received inquires from 34 separate news organizations concerning tweets from OGE's twitter account addressing the President-elect's plans to avoid conflicts of interest. Category(s) Conflicting Financial Interests Interaction History 12/1/2016: Resolved Seth Jaffe Like everyone else, we were excited this morning to read the President-elect’s twitter feed indicating that he wants to be free of conflicts of interest. OGE applauds that goal, which is consistent with an opinion OGE issued in 1983. Divestiture resolves conflicts of interest in a way that transferring control does not. We don’t know the details of their plan, but we are willing and eager to help them with it. The tweets that OGE posted today were responding only to the public statement that the President-elect made on his Twitter feed about his plans regarding conflicts of interest. OGE’s tweets were not based on any information about the President-elect’s plans beyond what was shared on his Twitter feed. OGE is non-partisan and does not endorse any individual. https://twitter.com/OfficeGovEthics 12/1/2016: Interaction Created Seth Jaffe Not responsive - URL 12/7/2016 ResolvedDetails - Agency Information Management System Page 1 of 1 AIMS Agency Information Management System Announcement: If you create a duplicate interaction, please contact Gwen Cannon-Jenkins to have it deleted Resolved Interactions Details Reopen Interaction Resolution Details Title: Interaction Resolved:12/1/2016 Questions concerning President-elect's previous 278 filing (Voice of America) Resolution Category:Resolved Interaction #: 10281 Response: I directed the reporter to information (available on OGE's Status: Resolved website) that provided the reporter with information about the reporting periods for the President-elect's most recent public financial disclosure filing and related information Customer Information concerning the reporting of income (both earned and investment income) on the 278e report as well as other Source: Press Position: requested information. First Name: Masood Email: None provided. Complexity( Last Name: Farivar Phone: (b)(6) Amount Of Time Spent On Interaction:0-1 hour Title: Reporter, Voice of America Other Notes: Individuals Credited:Vincent Salamone Add To Agency Profile: No Memorialize Content: No Interaction Details Do Not Destroy: No Initiated: 12/1/2016 Call Origination: Email Assigned: Vincent Salamone Watching: Questions Reporter is writing a story about the President-elect Trump’s business interests. He has some questions about his most recent form 278e, such as What period does it cover? is the income listed in the form for the calendar or fiscal year 2015 or another period? Category(s) 278s Interaction History 12/5/2016: Resolved Vincent Salamone I directed the reporter to information (available on OGE's website) that provided the reporter with information about the reporting periods for the President-elect's most recent public financial disclosure filing and related information concerning the reporting of income (both earned and investment income) on the 278e report as well as other requested information. 12/1/2016: Interaction Created Vincent Salamone Not responsive - URL 12/7/2016 ResolvedDetails - Agency Information Management System Page 1 of 1 AIMS Agency Information Management System Announcement: If you create a duplicate interaction, please contact Gwen Cannon-Jenkins to have it deleted Resolved Interactions Details Reopen Interaction Resolution Details Title: Interaction Resolved:11/29/2016 Call about GSA Lease Resolution Category:Resolved Interaction #: 10242 Response: Off-the-record and on background, I advised that a GSA Status: Resolved lease and its terms were outside OGE's jurisdiction. I advised what OGE's jurisdiction covered, and that it did not include PIA, contracting laws or regulations, generally, or Customer Information contract provisions. Complexity( Source: Press Position: Amount Of Time Spent On Interaction:0-1 hour First Name: Jackie Email: Individuals Credited:Leigh Francis, Vincent Salamone Last Name: Northam Phone: (b)(6) Add To Agency Profile: No Title: Other Notes: Memorialize Content: No Do Not Destroy: No Interaction Details Initiated: 11/29/2016 Call Origination: Phone Assigned: Leigh Francis, Vincent Salamone Watching: Questions Does OGE have any comment on the terms of a lease between the GSA and the Trump Organization? Category(s) Procurement Integrity Interaction History 11/29/2016: Resolved Leigh Francis Off-the-record and on background, I advised that a GSA lease and its terms were outside OGE's jurisdiction. I advised what OGE's jurisdiction covered, and that it did not include PIA, contracting laws or regulations, generally, or contract provisions. 11/29/2016: Interaction Created Leigh Francis Not responsive - URL 12/7/2016 ResolvedDetails - Agency Information Management System Page 1 of 1 AIMS Agency Information Management System Announcement: If you create a duplicate interaction, please contact Gwen Cannon-Jenkins to have it deleted Resolved Interactions Details Reopen Interaction Resolution Details Title: Interaction Resolved:11/29/2016 Call About GSA Lease Resolution Category:Resolved Interaction #: 10244 Response: Off-the-record and on background, I advised that a GSA Status: Resolved lease and its terms were outside OGE's jurisdiction. I advised what OGE's jurisdiction covered, and that it did not include PIA, contracting laws or regulations, generally, or Customer Information contract provisions. Complexity( Source: Press Position: Amount Of Time Spent On Interaction:0-1 hour First Name: Greg Email: Individuals Credited:Leigh Francis, Vincent Salamone Last Name: Gordon Phone: (b)(6) Add To Agency Profile: No Title: Reporter Other Notes: Memorialize Content: No Do Not Destroy: No Interaction Details Initiated: 11/29/2016 Call Origination: Phone Assigned: Leigh Francis Watching: Questions Does OGE have any comment regarding the lease between the GSA and the Trump organization? Category(s) Procurement Integrity Interaction History 11/29/2016: Resolved Leigh Francis Off-the-record and on background, I advised that a GSA lease and its terms were outside OGE's jurisdiction. I advised what OGE's jurisdiction covered, and that it did not include PIA, contracting laws or regulations, generally, or contract provisions. 11/29/2016: Interaction Created Leigh Francis Not responsive - URL 12/7/2016 ResolvedDetails - Agency Information Management System Page 1 of 1 AIMS Agency Information Management System Announcement: If you create a duplicate interaction, please contact Gwen Cannon-Jenkins to have it deleted Resolved Interactions Details Reopen Interaction Resolution Details Title: Interaction Resolved:12/5/2016 Application of CD rule to the President-elect Resolution Category:No Response Sent Interaction #: 10313 Response: The reporter provided OGE with an article containing his Status: Resolved views on whether whether CDs would available to the President-elect in divesting his business interests. No response was requested. The summary is contained in the Customer Information following link: http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/could- president-trump-sell-his-business-tax-free. Source: Press Position: Complexity( First Name: Steven Email: (b)(6) Amount Of Time Spent On Interaction:0-1 hour Last Name: Rosenthal Phone ( Individuals Credited:Vincent Salamone Title: Senior Fellow, Urban-Brookings Other Notes: Add To Agency Profile: No Tax Policy Center Memorialize Content: No Do Not Destroy: No Interaction Details Initiated: 12/5/2016 Call Origination: Email Assigned: Vincent Salamone Watching: Questions The requester shared his interpretation and summary about the ability of the President-elect to divest his businesses utilizing certificates of divestiture.